ngũ
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Definition
- Noun:
- Five: The number five, used in specific contexts, often classical or formal.
- A unit of five: Historically, a military unit consisting of five soldiers.
- A unit of length: An obsolete unit of measurement equal to five thước (approximately two meters).
Usage Examples
- Noun (Number):
- Ngũ hành (The Five Elements).
- Ngũ cốc (The five grains / cereals).
- Noun (Military Unit):
- Quân đội xưa được tổ chức thành các ngũ. (Ancient armies were organized into units of five.)
- Noun (Unit of Length):
- Mảnh vải dài một ngũ. (A piece of cloth one ngũ long.)
Advanced Usage
- Ra ngũ: To leave the army, to be demobilized.
- Sau chiến tranh, nhiều binh sĩ đã ra ngũ. (After the war, many soldiers left the army.)
- Ngũ âm: The five notes in traditional music (cung, thương, chủy, giốc, vũ).
- Âm nhạc truyền thống dựa trên hệ thống ngũ âm. (Traditional music is based on the pentatonic scale.)
Variants and Related Words
- Ngũ giác (n): Pentagon.
- Ngũ quan (n): The five senses.
- Ngũ tạng (n): The five viscera (in traditional medicine).
- Thứ năm (n): The ordinal number "fifth" or "Thursday" (common modern term for the number/position).
Synonyms
- Năm (n): Five (the common, modern word for the number).
- Số năm (n): The number five.
Related Phrases
(As a classical numeral, it rarely forms phrasal verbs. It is primarily found in fixed compound nouns.)
Related Idioms
- Ngũ phúc lâm môn: The five blessings arriving at the door (a wish for happiness, longevity, wealth, health, and a peaceful death).
- Tam cương ngũ thường: The Three Bonds and Five Constants (a Confucian moral code).